Clinical & Medical Journals

The Lancet Oncology Template

Write in a clean editor, then format for The Lancet Oncology in one click — DocuGuru applies the official Clinical & Medical Journals template with numbered references and exports a submission-ready PDF plus the editable LaTeX source. Free to start.

About the The Lancet Oncology format

The Lancet Oncology is a peer-reviewed journal published by Clinical & Medical Journals, covering Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer. Over its lifetime it has published 12,104 papers, which have received 1,049,440 citations.

PublisherClinical & Medical Journals
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. The Lancet Oncology. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
ISSN1470-2045
Citation impact (2-yr)10.67
h-index518
i10-index4,489
Article processing charge$6,300
Top institutions publishing hereThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Journal websitewww.journals.elsevier.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in The Lancet Oncology per year

621
2014
661
2015
626
2016
640
2017
574
2018
560
2019
496
2020
499
2021
498
2022
421
2023
470
2024
503
2025

Citation impact of The Lancet Oncology by publication year

78K
2014
77.5K
2015
72K
2016
69.9K
2017
53.6K
2018
57.2K
2019
59.3K
2020
43.6K
2021
21.3K
2022
14.4K
2023
8.7K
2024
3.5K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in The Lancet Oncology

The Lancet Oncology template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the The Lancet Oncology format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the The Lancet Oncology template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Clinical & Medical Journals format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does The Lancet Oncology use?
The Lancet Oncology uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. The Lancet Oncology. 2023;12(3):45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to The Lancet Oncology?
No. DocuGuru generates the article LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Clinical & Medical Journals-ready The Lancet Oncology document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the The Lancet Oncology template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the The Lancet Oncology format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
What is The Lancet Oncology?
Clinical journal (generic ICMJE manuscript format). It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by Clinical & Medical Journals.
Can I export a submission-ready The Lancet Oncology PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official The Lancet Oncology template (the article class) that is ready to submit to Clinical & Medical Journals, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the The Lancet Oncology template cost?
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